5: I dont recall you being here. Were you before? Before this was then and now youre not? Were you before?

4: (Turning back around.) Yes, but not without reason. Let me down the drain. Im sorry. Im sorry. You ache.

4 and 5 freeze. 1, 2, and 3 begin moving again.

2: An even-tempered affair. Ambulance dining carts and heather for you hair.

3: It was quiet last night.

1: You could have been

2: (Interrupting.) More than this is less than that. STOP! We were out once. We were out again.

1: But without imagination, the sun is

2: (Interrupting.) Ordinary, a common cause for causes! Wonder at all this

3: (Interrupting.) Glory at its best is foreign material.

2: Two times more, We look!

All three stop moving and turn their heads to watch 4 and 5.

4: Winters are cold/summers are hot. This is madness! A drunken slave to time. Lust for me, know your lust, lust for me. I kiss no man, without cause. You awake to promises. I promised. I promised. Turn away, I was. Not now! Not now! Not never ever! I hate! This hate hates hate! Hate me! (Collapse and cry.)

5: Remember child, the quiet fetus. Remember? You too were once springtime. Daisies in a field, your head, a thorny crown. Your choice, not mine, not yours. Its not.

4 and 5 freeze. 1, 2, and 3 begin moving again.

3: I choke on the sunlight.

2: Yes! And no in time, you see? Whence did this be born? A conflict in practice. Did you already extrapolate? Foolish chameleon.

3: The noose has uterine implications.

2: Ha! And not yet without you

1: (Interrupting.) Brought forward, he made formal the ages and purchased

2: (Interrupting.) Wait for the punchline, its an evolution joke. Open yourself up to this . . .

All three stop moving and turn their heads to watch 4 and 5.

5: Broken wings mend in time. Do you believe? Do you believe? I want you to catch-up and continue. Its never too late, you wait. Not enough, please move along.

4: Into sadness, always. Like everyone else. So much like everyone else. Not this time. Whether I run away or run from here. Im tired. Tired of this. Watch me now. Watch this. Ill bleed for me! Ill bleed for me! You bastard! Your hand on my breast/my hand in your pants. Not like this! Never like this!

5: A warriors tongue. I always said you were cute. What more? What more? Are you silent? Now you ask. You question the obvious. Why? How? What? When? Where? I can change. But you settle for less. You settle into routine romance. Do you bend? You break under me. Dont touch me like that! Dont touch me there!

4 and 5 freeze. 1, 2, and 3 start moving again.

1: A cleaner cut could never be

2: (Interrupting.) SUSTAINED! Objection! Foul! Your lines are out, redrawn substitutions. Would you dare? Not in the least,

3: (Interrupting.) A bit of hope is lost on Gods children.

2: Are you daft? Silly monkey-boy. Lizard-skinned ape. You live so unaware.

3: I am cold in the darkness.

2: And not quite together. So special in your jigsaw spaces. Tether not, young grasshopper. Ha!

1: Did you wake up into

2: (Interrupting.) Absolutes are on the way.

All three stop moving and turn their heads to watch 4 and 5.

4: Here is my murder. A slaughterhouse sensation: funhouse for you. I caught your last breathe. I caught it saying, "Im the prettiest girl, but youll never see."

5: Not tonight, son. I do not wish for repetition. I saw you/you saw me, the end. The end. Feel you in denial. Whether or not, is not. Cold here/you there. I'm quiet and I'm quiet. Speak! Speak for me!

4: Inside Im retired. A butler of possessions. I collect hardship. Does this excite you like it excites me? It does excite me. Fellow man or fallow man. Im in the dictionary. Look me up. Feel me up. Under my dress, a soft caress. Unwind me, princess. Glue your lips to my neck. A reflection of my mind: Im the prettiest girl, but youll never see.

4 and 5 freeze. 1, 2, and 3 start moving again.

2: Unto this a cavity descends and winter was the fall. Corrupt at best

3: (Interrupting.) I only own one dream.

1: The least of which was . . .

Lights out.

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